Device for fastening a cover and a seat to a toilet bowl

Abstract

A device for fastening a toilet seat and cover to the rim of a toilet bowl, including a plate having a slot extending laterally across the plate and a screw passing through the slot. The plate is selectively adjustable along the length of the slot with respect to the screw and around the screw for positioning the plate. A stud standing up from the plate receives a hollow sleeve shaped toilet seat support over the stud. The stud is expanded by a tightening screw to secure the stud inside the support and thereby to fix the support.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A device for fastening a seat to a toilet bowl rim, the device comprising: a seat support;   an adjustment plate, a slot through the adjustment plate, and a screw passing through the slot and engaging the plate for securing the plate to the toilet bowl rim, the slot having a longitudinal dimension across the plate enabling the position of the plate with respect to the screw to be selectively adjusted before the screw is tightened to secure the plate to the bowl rim;   a stud located offset on the plate from the longitudinal slot extending up from the plate including securing means on the stud for receiving the seat support;   the seat support being supported on the stud; the securing means further securing the support on the stud in a selected rotated position around the stud.   
     
     
       2. The device of claim 1, wherein the securing means on the stud is inside the support and comprises the stud comprising an expansible cylinder, a second screw which is tightenable with respect to the plate to expand the cylinder of the stud for retaining the orientation of the support with respect to the stud. 
     
     
       3. The device of claim 2, further comprising an internally threaded sleeve inside the stud and into which the second screw is tightenable, the sleeve being secured to the plate. 
     
     
       4. The device of claim 1, wherein the stud is aligned with the longitudinal direction of extension of the slot across the plate. 
     
     
       5. The device of 1, further comprising a nut for securing the screw and the plate held by the screw to the bowl rim, and a washer on the screw operable for tightening the screw in the nut for securing the screw and the plate against rotation with respect to the bowl. 
     
     
       6. The device of claim 1, wherein the plate is substantially circular.